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Linah Alsaafin

Linah Alsaafin is a writer and editor based in the West Bank. On Twitter: @LinahAlsaafin

A stone throwing Palestinian hides behind a garbage bin as a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces flies past him during clashes in the West Bank village of Birzeit, near Ramallah February 27, 2014. The clashes broke out after Israeli forces opened fire and killed a Palestinian they were seeking to arrest on Thursday, after the man had barricaded himself inside his house, Reuters witnesses said. An Israeli military statement said that Muataz Washaha, 24, had been wanted for "suspected terror activity" a

Palestinians see Abbas as sell out in peace talks

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Released Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi gestures as he celebrates in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya December 23, 2013. Israel on Monday freed al-Issawi from jail, to complete a deal agreed earlier this year over his release in exchange for him ending a lengthy hunger strike that almost killed him. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX16SOH

Issawi’s release places individual hunger strikes in spotlight

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A Palestinian woman waves a flag during the funeral of Anas al-Atrash, 23, in the West Bank city of Hebron November 8, 2013. Israeli troops shot and killed al-Atrash who tried to stab one of them at a West Bank checkpoint on Friday, a police spokesman said, the second Palestinian fatality in the territory in a few hours. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX155AG

Occupied Palestine marks 'Independence Day'

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Palestinians Protest Israeli Gentrification In Acre

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"Arab Idol" Mohammed Assaf (L) kisses Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he hands him a diplomatic Palestinian Authority passport during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 1, 2013. Assaf, the 22-year-old from the Gaza Strip who won the popular pan-Arab song contest last month met Abbas on Monday before performing in Ramallah. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS) - RTX11973

Abu Mazen's Hollow Popularity

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A man signs a "Tamarod" document at Tahrir square in Cairo May 16, 2013. A campaign named "Tamarod", meaning "Rebel", calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and for early presidential elections has gathered over two million signatures since its launch nearly two weeks ago in Egypt, organisers said. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZP6G

Tamarod's Gaza Campaign Denounced by Fellow Activists

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Israeli soldiers and a security personnel open the gate of a check-point in the West Bank city of Hebron July 21, 2013. The Israeli government reopened a main road at the southern West Bank district of Hebron after a 12-year closure, a Palestinian Authority liaison official said. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma (WEST BANK - Tags: CIVIL UNREST TRANSPORT POLITICS MILITARY) - RTX11U38

Israel Reopens Hebron Checkpoint As Gesture to Palestinians

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Palestinians wave Palestinian and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) flags during a protest against the renewal stalled peace talks with Israel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah July 28, 2013. Israel was expected on Sunday to approve releasing more than 100 Arab prisoners as a step to renew stalled peace talks with the Palestinians ahead of plans to convene negotiators in Washington later this week. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTX122EJ

PFLP: We Won't Aggravate Tension With Abbas

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits to greet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, June 28, 2013. After seeing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jordan, Kerry travelled to Jerusalem for evening talks with Netanyahu - a meeting that had been originally expected on Saturday. REUTERS/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX114VG

Harsh Reality of Israeli Occupation Persists in Spite of Kerry's Efforts

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Demonstrators hold candles and pictures of arrested Palestinian women during a silent protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Warsaw March 8, 2011. A silent protest was organized during International Women day to remember 37 Palestinian political female prisoners kept in Israeli jails, organizers said. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel (POLAND - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR2JMLP

Palestinian Female Prisoners Suffer Abuse in Israeli Jails

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Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (R) stands in front of President Mahmoud Abbas during a swearing-in ceremony of the new government in the West Bank city of Ramallah June 6, 2013. Hamdallah and his West Bank-based government were sworn in on Thursday and one of their main challenges will be reaching a power-sharing deal with the Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX10E5M

West Bank Palestinians Indifferent To New Prime Minister

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Olive trees, that according to Palestinians were set ablaze by Jewish settlers after a stabbing attack, burn near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Yitzhar near Nablus April 30, 2013. A Palestinian man stabbed and shot dead an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the Israeli ambulance service and police said. REUTERS/Nir Elias (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ENVIRONMENT) - RTXZ4M4

Israeli Settlers Escalate Violence Against Palestinians

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